Time to plan and book trips for next year! "There is a need to adjust these holidays pursuant to the principle of holiday economics wherein a longer weekend will help encourage domestic travel and increase tourism expenditures in the country," according to the proclamation as cited by the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has renewed his call for the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to expedite the release of allowances for healthcare workers who have yet to receive their share under the law that grants them and other frontliners emergency...
The Senate has terminated the plenary debates on the proposed P5.268-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) early Friday, November 18. On the last day of the period of interpellations, the Senate approved the budgets of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) at P9.7-billion; the Department...
Lawmakers of the 19th Congress should ensure that the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 will be used to prioritize ordinary citizens and steered toward government-private sector partnerships, Stratbase President and Democracy Watch Philippines Lead Convenor Professor Dindo Manhit...
Senator Raffy Tulfo chided Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ma. Antonia ‘’Toni’’ Yulo-Loyzaga for the agency’s failure to promptly resolve the security and control issues over the Masungi Georeserve in Rizal. During the Senate deliberation on the DENR...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has raised concerns that the impending budget cuts in the proposed budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) could potentially derail the country’s ongoing railway projects, particularly the North-South Commuter Railway System and the first phase of...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should expedite the construction of classrooms and school buildings nationwide as it had a P3.1-billion allocated under its School Buildign Program for the current year. At the continuation of the Senate’s deliberation on the P5.268-trillion...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar sponsored and defended the proposed 2023 P23.13 billion budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its attached agencies before the Senate plenary session today, Nov. 16. Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on environment, natural...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has assured Malacañang that the Marcos administration’s development plan will be ready for implementation beginning next year. In a briefing with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. last Nov. 15, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M....
The dates of some regular holidays for 2023 have been changed, Malacañang announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Proclamation No. 90 Through Proclamation No. 90 the following regular holidays were moved to another date: Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Sunday) to April 10 (Monday) Bonifacio Day -...
The proposed 2023 P737.36- billion budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) underwent full scrutiny during a Senate budget deliberation with Senator Mark Villar giving his full support to the department and stressing the importance of giving the agency its needed budget to...
By NIKOLE JAVIER Justin Brownlee is expected to suit up for Gilas Pilipinas in the sixth window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers as his naturalization bid moves forward in the House of Representatives. The resident PBA reinforcement, who went through a delayed process in his...
